Hon Peter Mungai Mwathi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the vetting of three nominees to the position of Ambassadors/High Commissioners, laid of the House on Wednesday, 28th March 2018 and pursuant to provisions of Article 132(2)(e) of the Constitution approves the appointment of Amb. Richard Titus Ekai, Hon. Wilfred Gisuka Machage and Hon. Mohamed Muktar Shidiye as Ambassadors/ High Commissioners. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Pursuant to Article 132(2)(e) of the Constitution and Section 5 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011, His Excellency the President forwarded to the Clerk of the National Assembly a notification of appointment containing the names and curriculum vitae of four Ambassadors/High Commissioners nominees on 14th March 2018. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: On 15th March 2018, Hon. Speaker, you communicated the notification of the nominees and therefore referred the matter to the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations for vetting and reporting to the House within 14 days. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The office of High Commissioner is under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade whose duties is among others, advancement and protection of Kenya’s interest, promotion of Kenya’s influence in international decision-making, protection of Kenya’s sovereignty, promotion and strengthening of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, promotion of sub-regional and regional integration and promotion of public diplomacy among others. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: In considering the nominees, the Committee held three sittings. Three nominees appeared before the Committee on 27th March 2018 and were vetted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 and the National Assembly Standing Orders. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: One nominee, Eng. John Okunga Ogango, had notified Clerk of the National Assembly, vide the letter written on 21st March 2018, of his withdrawal from the approval process and as outlined under Section 6 (1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, the Committee therefore deliberated on the nominees’ duly filled questionnaire in accordance with Section 6 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, curriculum reports, certificates from relevant authorities which were submitted by the nominees including their oral submissions during the vetting at the sitting held on Monday 27th March 2018. In conducting the approval hearing the Committee examined ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee in compliance with the Constitution and other legal requirements ensured that its meetings were open to the public and was covered by the media. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee made the following general observations which apply to all the three nominees who were vetted: In accordance with Article 78(1) of the Constitution, all nominees are Kenyan citizens and do not hold dual citizenship. Academic credentials and professional training and experience of all nominees are in accordance with provisions of Section 6(7) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: All nominees satisfied the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity. None of the nominees has been charged in a court of law or mentioned adversely in a parliamentary Committee report or commission of inquiry. As stipulated in Article 75(1), all the nominees have no potential conflict of interest. All the nominees satisfied the requirements of Article 77(1) of the Constitution, in that they do not intend to participate in any other gainful employments. All the nominees do not hold office in any registered political party hence satisfy the provisions of Article 77(2) of the Constitution. ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Eng. John Okunga Ogango, a nominee, had notified the Clerk of the National Assembly of his withdrawal in accordance with Section 6 of Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act. The appointing authority had not indicated the diplomatic stations the nominees were to be posted to as was the case earlier on with the nominees we had vetted. The Head of Public Service, through a letter communicated to this House dated 26th March 2018, opined that the Committee was ideally required to determine the suitability of the nominees to represent Kenya’s foreign policy and to defend the national interest before the President ... view